Crescent Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Crescent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crescent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1621:410,01760,039
Nigeria701:2,530,61183,100
Tanzania231:2,301,80948,176
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Crescent (4,081) may also be a first name.

Crescent Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Crescent Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Crescent is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crescent? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 933,049th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Crescent are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 109,001st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 4,081 people.

The last name Crescent is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 410,017. In France it is most common in: Normandy, where 34 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 19 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent live. Excluding France it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.

Crescent Last Name Statistics demography

Crescent earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.7% less than the national average, earning $44,864 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crescente942,209/
Chrescent942/
Cresent93101/
Crecent934/
Crestcente891/
Cressent881,100/
Crecente88247/
Cresente8882/
Krescent8818/
Criscent8810/
Chrecent885/
Creasent880/
Creciente82148/
Creissent8254/
Criscente8221/
Cressente821/
Chriscent821/
Cricent80155/
Crisent80130/
Kresent804/
Crécent801/
Cressend75187/
Chricent75116/
Creixent7515/
Crisente756/
Chrisent754/
Cricente751/
Cricentt751/
Croisent750/
Kressente711/
Krisent6711/
Sresnth673/
Crigent671/
Cruixent6332/
Crisanth6313/
Crizente631/
Krisnt571/
Sricend531/
Srisint531/
Sreechnd501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Crescent
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